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Last updated: 20221209
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Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier (SA-N-9)
Originators Designation: Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union "Kuznetsov"
NATO Reporting Name: SA-N-9 Gauntlet
Description: Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union "Kuznetsov", originally the name of the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) serving[clarification needed] as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, in Nikolayev within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) and launched in 1985, becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995. The...